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The ancient Greeks founded Naples in the first millennium BCE. What legends exist about its origin, and what does archaeology reveal?
A range of events will take place in Somerset from Saturday, July 19 to Sunday, August 3 as part of the biggest archaeological celebration in the UK.
A Bronze Age burial site discovered beneath Cardiff's Trelai Park is shedding new light on the city's ancient past through ...
BrynCelliDdu #Anglesey #PrehistoricWales Today we explore Bryn Celli Ddu, the best-known prehistoric monument on Anglesey, ...
By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.
Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...
The Venus of Kołobrzeg, discovered by a Polish farmer on the Baltic coast in 2022, has been authenticated as a Neolithic ...
A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have ...
Near Bentfeld, Germany, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old wooden well, initially mistaken for a livestock watering hole. The well, along with other artifacts, offers insights into the ...
The Kansas Historical Society’s archaeological field school this year gave volunteers a chance to dig into the state's ...
People lived in the Vancouver area long before the 21st century. And urban archaeology is used to uncover the city’s secrets from the past, including those of Indigenous people and from the 19th and 2 ...
The Williamsburg Bray School is one of the oldest schools in the United States to educate Black students. Archeologists ...